Improvement in boots and shoes



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

ALBERT CRANE, OF HOBOKEN, NEV JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 32,122, dated April 23,1861.

ToV a/ZZ wiz/0772, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT O. CRANE, ot' Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in the Construction of Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare the fol- 'lowing to be a full, clear, and exact descripshoe constructed and held together as proposed-hy me.

I am aware that a turning heel on a boot or shoe isnot in itself new.

I am aware, also, thata heel has been held to a boot or shoe by a screw and nut. ThisI lay no claim to, independently of the manner in which I effect my purpose and object by such a fastening.

My invention consists in holding the risers that form the heeltogether by means of conical rivets, with or without heads, so that while the lower ends of the rivets protect the heel from wearing away they will not by even wearing away themselves allow the risers to separate, but continue to clamp them together; and my invention further consists in securing the heel to the shoe by means of a conical nut in the heel and a screwT passing into it from the inside of the shoe, so that the heel may be loosened and turned around to prevent it from wearing away entirely on one side and fastened again in a new position.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to de` scribe the same with reference to the drawings.

In Fig. 2, ct b c represent three risers that form a portion of the heel. These risers are riveted together with conical rivets d. These rivets are made conical, so that they will continue to hold the risers of which the heel is composed firmly clamped together until all are worn away. When headed nails are used for this purpose, as soon as the heads are Worn 0E, the risers are not clamped to each other, and hence I use conical rivets without pegs, nails, or other fastening to hold the risers together.

To fasten the heel to the boot or shoe, I use a conical nut e, which is inserted from and through the heel, and run a screwffrom the inside of the shoe down into saidV nut, which holds it firmly to the boot or shoe. This makes a cheap and strong fastening and enables the wearer of the boot or shoe to turn the heel around to make it wear evenly by simply Vloosening the screwjiadjnsting the heel, and tightening it upagain. The conical nut e, like the conical rivets d, aids in protecting the heel as well as holding the risers together.

In Fig. l I have shown three lifts or risers between the portion of theheel that is held on by the screw and concical nut and the sole g. Ot' course they may all be united into one and form a heel of the whole ot the lifts or risers. The soles of boots or shoes,

when composed of two or more layers or pieces, may also beheld together by conical rivets, as shown at z', and such heels and soles may be made and sold as articles of commerce to be used by boot and shoe manufacturers.

Having thus fully described the nature and object of rnyinvention, what I claim isl. A boot or shoe heel composed of two, three, or more lifts4 or risers and clamped and held together by conical rivets,which serve the double purpose of protecting the heel from wearing away and ot' holding tnelifts or risers tightly clamped together, as described.

2. The holding of a heel to a boot or shoe by means of a conical nut eand a screwf, for the purpose and in the manner herein set forth and described.

. A. O. CRANE.

Witnesses:

A. B. SToUeHToN, JULIUs HIRsH. 

